PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Diam dolore diam rebum duo sed dolores diam voluptua ut dolore stet lorem et labore no lorem enim takimata. Et justo iriure no magna dolores dolores et eos hendrerit nihil ex eos volutpat no. Vel in magna gubergren vero est vero autem labore accusam voluptua assum. Sit amet dolor duo est labore est accusam dolore et sit kasd duo stet dolore takimata stet diam et. Lorem dolore sed consectetuer sit duo clita ea dolor at nostrud diam consequat at est augue. Ea duo molestie lorem no ut sit magna dolore ullamcorper te vero elitr odio ex takimata est voluptua elitr. Lorem laoreet tempor et diam vero sanctus sanctus. Consequat in no accusam amet diam. Amet aliquyam ex erat amet dolor dolore erat. Suscipit sanctus in gubergren et elitr amet rebum at no vel magna.
Takimata te possim lorem autem at aliquip lorem magna sadipscing sadipscing accumsan elitr dolor stet consetetur ut eirmod nonumy. Amet sit vulputate dolor diam elitr euismod aliquyam amet. Magna eros ut et imperdiet molestie invidunt ipsum amet cum duo eirmod at. Dolores diam sit vero ea magna sea sea elitr. Sed magna eos. Eros at ut erat no stet augue ut. At consetetur kasd assum molestie nonumy.
Sample Output H3
Clita at elitr veniam duo elitr dolor lorem ea. Voluptua ut nonumy ut et enim luptatum accusam consetetur aliquam kasd erat elit dolor ea odio at sed aliquyam. Dignissim et et stet dignissim et magna sed. Labore dolore sanctus in invidunt at amet ea iriure et veniam accusam ea quis consequat justo kasd. Amet zzril sit gubergren. Gubergren nonumy at esse rebum autem magna suscipit labore possim ipsum sed ipsum. Accusam amet in ea. Nobis exerci suscipit ipsum sanctus elitr ut sadipscing. Diam justo dolor sit amet augue sit lobortis gubergren nonumy est hendrerit te dolore. Amet et tempor labore gubergren clita amet vero illum at luptatum eros.
Clita consetetur erat ut dolore est rebum sadipscing invidunt gubergren et feugiat. Ut ex euismod dolores sed rebum consetetur justo. Velit dolor soluta sadipscing lorem. Duis tempor ut ipsum. Tempor suscipit veniam. Invidunt ipsum diam nobis vero vel voluptua amet sed amet eleifend eos est sea accumsan illum. Sit lorem tempor consetetur amet justo duo duo enim elit et et aliquip autem id ut ut. Sadipscing tempor tation ea sea clita vulputate velit magna invidunt et sanctus aliquyam consetetur diam labore. Consetetur gubergren dolore tempor.
Sample Output H4
Eu tincidunt autem ut elitr sea vel sanctus eirmod et diam feugiat consetetur ex magna. Sea vulputate clita. Magna sit et tempor magna augue invidunt iusto dolores eros. Consetetur rebum consetetur erat sanctus ullamcorper diam dolore zzril labore magna. Ipsum dolore nostrud clita ipsum kasd. Dolore enim at gubergren kasd vel justo erat ipsum clita sanctus at dolor sit dolor. Invidunt labore accusam hendrerit lorem minim ipsum delenit.
Stet nonumy dolor eirmod ipsum. Kasd dolore no sanctus ipsum lorem soluta clita velit dolore takimata. Sadipscing gubergren sea takimata amet ea sea clita magna tempor lorem aliquip exerci nonumy accumsan te. Option kasd sit at lorem stet lobortis tempor dolor lorem dolore minim. Sanctus duo elitr minim sanctus autem nulla vulputate eirmod illum diam et dignissim in sed lorem stet vero veniam. Nonumy tempor aliquam. Et nonumy sit esse et nisl. Amet kasd eos dolor invidunt sit amet et aliquyam ipsum sed te sit facilisi clita.
Sample Output H4
Sed et cum at esse aliquam justo ipsum duo aliquam. Dolores autem et diam lobortis magna dolore elitr augue imperdiet sadipscing nulla dolores. Dolor nonumy et sit vero ut kasd tempor et no tempor lorem kasd euismod vero lorem sed consectetuer diam. Sanctus ea et sed sanctus rebum vulputate sed possim. Velit velit invidunt. Amet elit vero sanctus kasd et no aliquyam takimata kasd sit liber. Eirmod zzril sea dolore voluptua duis et amet tempor. Dolor sed sadipscing vel. Zzril eirmod vulputate commodo delenit sanctus dolor consetetur diam et euismod nonummy ea at elitr accusam tempor aliquam rebum. Ipsum nonummy consetetur kasd vero consequat eu stet in.
Sit vero tempor labore at nonumy odio sanctus. Sed et eu kasd amet eos et et consetetur consequat esse odio sed takimata duo. Diam elit vero ut. Aliquyam ipsum et et. Qui elitr at duo et lorem nostrud dolores sadipscing. Rebum dolore amet dolor voluptua suscipit duo est diam sed vero et.
Sample Output H3
Labore feugait dolore vulputate et consequat ea et magna amet tempor dolore amet diam. Ipsum consetetur clita eu gubergren et. Ea et voluptua tempor kasd ipsum et consetetur. Dolor aliquip iriure et sed iriure eos feugiat eum vero. Nulla lorem eu delenit erat sed ut sanctus labore amet ipsum. Sed sed sea no rebum et dolor lobortis amet dolore nibh vel sed labore nibh nihil vero. Dolore dolor dolor facilisis dolore clita velit nulla sea accusam stet sed sadipscing aliquyam dolores dolor sit nonumy et. Eros eu erat aliquyam clita dolor aliquyam dolor vel.
Ut eirmod stet aliquyam aliquip eu dolor amet eirmod et et feugait. Placerat nostrud tempor vero duo iriure dolores. Nulla elitr stet dolores in. Magna qui magna hendrerit amet sed no et lorem dolore at et qui ipsum minim nibh. No eirmod commodo vel erat diam rebum aliquyam nonumy exerci et. Sit justo eum no. Nisl et takimata clita eirmod magna nonumy amet suscipit laoreet lorem ut elitr.
Sample Output H4
Ut ipsum ex sed consetetur consequat vero vero dolores clita sanctus sit consequat labore. Kasd clita sea sit ut tempor ut sit et sea no ut et et elit augue ipsum vero sit. Ad ea invidunt luptatum dolor. Ipsum diam amet et nulla ex ea commodo veniam tempor consetetur feugait kasd at elit rebum elit laoreet ut. Kasd takimata dolor. Takimata sed nostrud nonummy no erat diam voluptua ipsum autem eirmod et illum. Sea vero commodo amet est clita et tation stet et amet nisl dolores augue minim ut vel.
Labore at molestie amet sanctus nonumy. Gubergren sit kasd eos ipsum dolor stet imperdiet amet facilisis dolores et. Possim sit justo ea dolor et sanctus erat dolor te stet stet dolor. Consectetuer sit suscipit nonumy nonumy congue lorem dolor wisi sit. Ipsum rebum diam possim vulputate tempor. Voluptua at sit tempor vero iusto at diam.
Sample Output H4
Dolore elitr eu ea hendrerit tempor at duo dignissim duo sanctus clita magna lorem. Vero labore et justo et facilisi no lobortis dolor invidunt vulputate consetetur congue accusam tempor. Sanctus magna stet esse vero. Enim stet vero amet diam et molestie quis zzril consetetur. Vero sit eos sanctus accusam ex dolore. Dolor eirmod amet lorem amet rebum minim sit dolore amet aliquyam duo. Ex diam qui nisl. Hendrerit dolor consetetur invidunt et lorem aliquyam nulla dolore hendrerit diam ipsum. Ea no dolores voluptua et ea rebum dolores ipsum vero sit et sed ut voluptua ea nonumy eos ex. Nibh kasd lorem erat wisi eos facilisis molestie duis exerci eos dolor feugiat.
Esse eu feugiat dolor eos facilisi sadipscing elitr et vero facilisis stet qui ipsum aliquyam et ad erat. At lorem rebum et euismod blandit vel amet praesent suscipit dolor. Tincidunt rebum qui esse labore kasd et magna tation consequat sit. Commodo ut dignissim consetetur duis labore. At vero et no sit vero no duis ut molestie aliquyam no wisi invidunt dolor sit ut ea labore. Suscipit kasd autem nonumy esse dolor.
More Sample Output H2
Sea et iriure doming et dignissim ipsum dolore doming et elitr facilisis vero clita volutpat nonummy no. Justo eirmod nonumy et dolor sanctus sit eirmod ipsum augue voluptua tempor volutpat amet ut. Sed ipsum no labore facilisis lorem. Facilisi at ut iriure suscipit lobortis vel voluptua nonumy id. Et sit amet vero justo aliquyam clita amet et illum autem. Dolor ipsum sadipscing ipsum accusam blandit ipsum eu labore justo amet magna vero nostrud et. Ipsum sit in et dolore at sed wisi est dolores gubergren amet eos feugiat voluptua eirmod sea et eu. Dolore aliquyam eros nibh sed ea exerci stet ut justo magna elitr sadipscing dolore. Est no consetetur aliquam vero justo consetetur ipsum ipsum dolores rebum ut. Consetetur minim et ullamcorper amet autem velit no no clita sed ea consectetuer et lorem invidunt. Sed laoreet sed.
Mazim ea dignissim est vero dolor sed velit sed sed nulla eos. At dolor feugait magna ipsum enim sanctus dolor dolor et dolores aliquyam lorem consetetur rebum dolores gubergren tation aliquyam. Iusto justo sea ut diam accusam ut duo lorem odio sit voluptua no sit nibh nonumy sea consetetur hendrerit. Sadipscing sadipscing diam amet qui at aliquam sea augue accusam dolore accusam eum dolor. Et justo eos accusam sed aliquyam nonumy sadipscing feugiat ea laoreet et. Dolores justo accumsan lorem nulla lobortis. Aliquyam facilisis nulla et et qui diam nonumy consectetuer dolore nibh nihil dolore duis est consectetuer. Iusto stet ea et labore vero ut sed sit eros sed sea. Et feugait sadipscing diam invidunt in delenit in sed consetetur et lorem nonumy takimata lorem. Ea amet augue iusto tempor exerci dolores possim et amet tempor lobortis nonumy sit sea invidunt aliquyam.
Sample Output H3
Accusam lorem esse augue. Accusam sit dolore dignissim eum velit est volutpat zzril lorem. Luptatum clita ut amet diam sea iusto vel sed ullamcorper takimata nisl erat justo labore. Erat et labore nulla aliquyam. Duo aliquip et rebum dolor no lorem diam esse takimata. Diam sed sea sit et vel sit dolore amet ut vero rebum kasd soluta et duis. Diam molestie ex sed et. Kasd ipsum lorem gubergren duis erat sit amet et lorem no magna no sed et sanctus eos tempor voluptua. Diam amet diam rebum te te dolor erat rebum dolor facilisis ipsum dolor consetetur feugiat voluptua dolor. Illum lorem amet vero.
Dolor sed sanctus et dolor accusam aliquyam augue lorem clita diam et ea diam amet dolor eu. Ea vero placerat kasd elitr lorem. Dolor aliquam takimata stet et dolore erat consetetur. Dolores dolore dolores iriure dolore in nonummy stet wisi volutpat ipsum zzril kasd clita et dolore voluptua. Est diam in ea tempor clita takimata labore et magna et facilisis magna diam et. Eos dolor soluta et. Nibh minim euismod. Takimata delenit dolor invidunt amet diam aliquam illum lorem. Amet ut ipsum iriure sanctus ipsum luptatum sit iriure. Elitr possim et nulla ut aliquyam elitr magna sit labore. Sit stet duo aliquyam ipsum dolore ea et ut esse.
Sample Output H4
Dignissim placerat erat et nam nihil dolor sed aliquyam et eos diam vel autem. Labore sanctus invidunt in molestie ex accusam et soluta labore ea sea sadipscing. Sed kasd dolores labore sed aliquyam dolor euismod justo ut ut. Aliquyam dolores diam sed. Rebum labore takimata ea et consetetur. Voluptua gubergren adipiscing.
Invidunt facilisi diam voluptua nonumy nonumy. Est sanctus sea dolor tempor nulla aliquip in nonumy. Qui erat consetetur vero eos odio eos justo consequat at. Et sea sit elit ea zzril duo erat clita sanctus sed. Volutpat volutpat sanctus est ea tempor sea eu vero sea vero sed stet. Amet stet accusam dolores accusam stet ea kasd ut dolor takimata et est sadipscing. Gubergren sed kasd at nonumy id sed amet feugiat sea enim eu quis elitr. Labore elitr erat ullamcorper consequat et sea quis molestie dolor minim takimata esse no duis sadipscing zzril rebum. Ea magna stet minim blandit eu no eu eos takimata nisl sed invidunt justo vero rebum ea eos.
Sample Output H4
Ut dolor dolore sit nonumy et eirmod accumsan facer dolore lorem duo magna possim. Magna et amet. Velit in esse ex nonumy diam. Et eirmod clita amet illum. Ea invidunt nonumy eum dolores consectetuer hendrerit sit facilisis dolor.
Kasd dolor id minim elitr sadipscing vero esse nam gubergren dignissim dolore elit. Erat diam nostrud. Dolor doming dolore feugait lorem feugiat sit. Dolor lobortis ea rebum amet nonumy nonummy dolor sed vero diam iriure dolor erat tempor magna. Velit dolores sed. Vero duo luptatum gubergren kasd sanctus enim no dolores sit et ipsum gubergren amet eos ut nulla et. Dolor accusam dolore consetetur et stet est at no duo eros. Clita quis ut sed diam dolor eos et labore et. Consetetur facilisi tempor magna vulputate ut no sit takimata accumsan dignissim vero dolor sed takimata elitr imperdiet at. Sanctus elitr nulla ipsum esse esse et et et et ipsum eu. Et dolores facer tempor dolore aliquip dolores diam sed accusam velit sea.
Sample Output H3
Exerci eleifend elit gubergren voluptua elitr vulputate consetetur stet nisl liber vel in vero lorem vel stet. Takimata eirmod lorem sea ea justo hendrerit sit tation eirmod nulla et eos consetetur sit consequat ut eos takimata. Diam nonumy elitr nibh lorem eirmod amet nonumy takimata diam invidunt ipsum no dolore sit esse et dolore. Te hendrerit magna lorem dolor ut sadipscing aliquyam veniam velit sea veniam voluptua invidunt diam. Duo et duis takimata dolore dolor sit eirmod gubergren. At amet tation elitr.
Lorem hendrerit sed commodo imperdiet cum sea sed gubergren laoreet velit. Amet augue dolor et justo dolore et elitr aliquip. Labore et eirmod vero tempor lobortis kasd enim qui erat gubergren dolore tation ut dolore. Dolor et accusam sanctus wisi facer rebum aliquyam accusam tempor aliquam sed voluptua consetetur. Ut lorem augue feugait voluptua. Duo volutpat lorem rebum in et nonumy veniam dolor sed. Nonummy elit feugiat illum et eirmod no veniam takimata elitr diam aliquip ut aliquam et. Suscipit at aliquam no. Dolore in et ea dolores placerat molestie blandit feugait diam at stet.
Sample Output H4
Amet stet voluptua dolore dolor lorem dolore justo sanctus augue et justo rebum velit dolor zzril vulputate. Ea ipsum ut ipsum eu duo nisl in. Elitr dolore lorem dolore eirmod facilisis vero illum clita consectetuer gubergren eirmod lorem consetetur elitr est lorem amet ipsum. Clita laoreet erat lorem et ipsum tempor kasd elitr ea sed aliquyam no et invidunt. Sit wisi diam diam eirmod sanctus et et. Laoreet dolore in sadipscing dolores sed justo lobortis duis vel nonumy et sanctus et diam kasd aliquyam nonumy eos. Et clita accusam lorem accusam lorem eirmod et sea vero magna eirmod sit et gubergren. In duo nulla stet nonumy dolor eos ipsum labore ipsum sit sed aliquam stet. Illum invidunt in feugiat kasd velit dolor. Rebum justo sit.
Hendrerit sit vero gubergren et duo praesent clita diam kasd ipsum volutpat aliquyam eos accusam ex laoreet sed. Amet minim veniam dolor diam sed adipiscing luptatum diam sit stet dolor sadipscing dolor voluptua. Dolore minim aliquyam eros justo no adipiscing ipsum. Magna sit magna. Wisi diam aliquam lorem kasd et. At et qui elitr voluptua ipsum diam dolores dolor rebum no esse. Magna stet elitr eum commodo.
Sample Output H4
Labore vero et autem amet cum et nonumy hendrerit. Ipsum et dolore illum dolores lorem sea tempor. Commodo consequat ea qui clita nulla elitr sed amet dolore clita voluptua. Et sit elitr lorem eros sanctus magna sit ipsum. Sea exerci ea dolore vulputate accusam dolor accusam dolores at kasd dolor erat sit elitr rebum labore. Tempor magna takimata zzril duis lorem invidunt aliquyam. Justo elitr sit accumsan sit dolore feugiat takimata sea ipsum lorem consectetuer. Vero kasd erat ut nulla vel voluptua velit sanctus dolor accusam quod consetetur eirmod et in stet.
Tation nibh nulla erat quis ut sadipscing consequat kasd nulla labore. Feugiat invidunt eirmod in sit dolor ipsum vulputate odio nulla accusam. Amet ut magna voluptua consetetur. Ipsum sit ipsum eum at vel dolor eu amet dolores amet. Nonumy no et. Vero facilisi voluptua erat tempor sed eu.